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Vindiciæ legis
Vindiciæ legis: or, A vindication of the moral law and the covenants, from the errors of papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially, Antinomians. In XXIX. lectures, preached at Laurence-Jury, London. / By Anthony Burgess, preacher of Gods Word.Vindiciæ legis: or, A vindication of the morall law and the covenants, from the errours of papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially, Antinomians. In XXIX. lectures, preached at Laurence-Jury, London. / By Anthony Burgess, preacher of Gods Word.
London: printed by James Young for Thomas Underhill, 1646
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5. Whether this Law was not before in the Church of God. And 1certainly, he that should think this Law was not in the Church of God before Moses his administration of it, should greatly err. Murder was a sin before, as appeareth by Gods words to Cain; yea the very anger it self that goeth before murder: So all the outward worship of God, as when it's said, This began man to call upon the Name of the Lord; so that the Church of God never was, nor ever shall be without this Law. And when we say, the Law was before Moses, I do not mean only, that it was written in the hearts of men, but it was publicly preached in the ministry that the Church did then enjoy, as appeareth by Noah's preaching to the old world, and Gods striving with men then by his word.
5. Whether this Law was not before in the Church of God. And 1certainly, hee that should thinke this Law was not in the Church of God before Moses his administration of it, should greatly erre. Murder was a sin before, as appeareth by Gods words to Cain; yea the very anger it selfe that goeth before murder: So all the outward worship of God, as when it's said, This began man to call upon the Name of the Lord; so that the Church of God never was, nor ever shall be without this Law. And when we say, the Law was before Moses, I doe not meane only, that it was written in the hearts of men, but it was publikely preached in the ministry that the Church did then enjoy, as appeareth by Noah's preaching to the old world, and Gods striving with men then by his word.
- 1The Law not only was, but was publicly preached in the Church before Moses.The Law not onely was, but was publickly preached in the Church before Moses.
So that we may say, the Decalogue is Adams, and Abraham's, and Noah's, and Christs, and the Apostles, as well as of Moses. Indeed there was special reason, as you heard, why, at that time, there should be a special promulgation of it, and a solemn repetition; but yet the Law did perpetually sound in the Church, ever since it was a Church. And this consideration will make much to set forth the excellency of it, it being a perpetual means and instrument which God hath used in his Church for